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Entertainment & Sports


Life's poetic response to tragedy realized

Apr. 9, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Paul Walker's final movie, "Furious 7," opened this past weekend, exceeding all expectations. The movie set box office and ins...


Labor/Employment


With powerful backing, four California teachers say that their union dues are funding political activity they oppose - amounti...


Intellectual Property


A federal appeals court Tuesday grappled with whether Marvell Technology Group Ltd. should have to pay royalties on foreign sa...


Community News


Chinese lawyers association honors retiring judge ...


There are many programs in California and the U.S. that aim at improving diversity in the educational pipeline. But the number...


Litigation


The question of whether websites must become compliant with the accessibility provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Ac...


Judicial Profile


Dwight W. Moore

Apr. 9, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

San Bernardino Judge Dwight Moore is often seen as easy going, but he has an adventurous side.


Judicial Profile


A. James Robertson II

Apr. 9, 2015
By Laura Hautalan

San Francisco County Judge A. James Robertson's military background carries into the courtroom.


An Alliance of California Judges conference at a swank Dana Point resort hotel this weekend, sponsored by George Mason Univers...


Perspective


A court may reduce child support obligations if there is a loss of income, but not when a party's intentional conduct is to bl...


Law Practice


The State Bar is considering whether to require 50 hours of mandatory pro bono service. Sounds like a good idea, but is Califo...


Criminal


Who's responsible for criminal conduct?

Apr. 8, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

There is a growing litany of maladies cited to excuse criminal behavior. By Joseph Sorrentino ...


Law Practice


Robust first quarter for law firm M&A

Apr. 8, 2015
By Deirdre Newmann

More consolidation transpired among U.S. law firms in the first quarter of 2015 than in any other first quarter since a manage...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Personal injury attorney reported for misconduct

Apr. 8, 2015
By America Hernadez

Thomas Feher of The Simon Law Group LLP repeatedly introduced evidence to jurors that had been disallowed, Judge Stephanie Bow...


Obituaries


Former football player, decorated Korean War veteran and Pillsbury partner Edward "Eddie" LeBaron Jr. has died in Stockton. He...


Entertainment & Sports


'Raging Bull' case settles

Apr. 8, 2015
By America Hernandez

Paula Petrella and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. have settled their copyright infringement lawsuit over rights to a book and script...


Litigator Michael J. Bettinger's decision to leave K&L Gates LLP to join Sidley Austin LLP's San Francisco office is anoth...


Corporate Counsel


Joe FitzGerald

Apr. 8, 2015
By Alison Frost

Vice President and General Counsel Pure Storage Inc. Mountain View ...


Gov. Jerry Brown's recent executive order addressing the state's deepening drought directs water agencies to raise rates to en...


Ellen Pao's defeat in her gender discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers does not appear to be dis...


Labor/Employment


U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh of San Jose said animators were too late to file claims of a "no poaching" conspiracy. ...


Transactions


Dealmakers

Apr. 7, 2015
By Banks Albachn

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP chair Jami Wintz McKeon is "very confident" about the firm's ability to pull off a successful ...


Perspective


LETTER: Let's have a real pot talk

Apr. 7, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Robert Bonner has clearly stated the correct constitutional argument given the current state of the law in his recent column. ...


Letter to the Editor


LETTER: Don't push propaganda

Apr. 7, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

In a recent article, the Daily Journal calls the Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse a "grassroots organizer." That is very mislead...


Law Practice


Wrap-up of the latest anti-SLAPP decisions

Apr. 7, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Over the past year, state trial courts decided hundreds of anti-SLAPP motions and appellate courts have issued over 30 publish...


California Courts of Appeal


Justices found that context determines whether or not physical movement are religious, and that rebranding poses with secular ...


Law Practice


Real estate tax deferral could disappear

Apr. 7, 2015
By Deirdre Newmann

Since the 1920s, individual and commercial investors have been able to sell property and defer the capital gains tax if they b...


Intellectual Property


Michael J. Bettinger, a prominent San Francisco patent litigator who counts smartphone manufacturers and Internet companies am...


Litigation


Google Inc. won its fight against class certification Friday in a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs who say the company sold apps in...